Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/14: Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson, Rick Prelinger Screening, Author Pat McMahon MUSIC: Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson bring their collaborative sound, which might be described as "folk-hop" to the Independent tonight, along with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz. (8 p.m., The Independent,
misc Happy Birthday, Oakland! Oaklandish reports that on this day, May 4, in 1852, the California state legislature incorporated the town of Oakland. Previously, according to Oaklandnet,com, the "hamlet" was previously known as Contra Costa and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Werner Herzog tells the true story of The Enigma of Kasper Hauser, one of his most compelling films, about a young man who had been held captive in a dungeon his whole
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight HISTORY: City Lights and Speak Out celebrate the publication of Clarence Lusane's The Black History of the White House, which illuminates the central role the White House has played in advancing, thwarting, or
SF News Preservationists Sue S.F. Over "Unqualified" Preservation Commission Appointment After a contentious 6-5 decision last week—in which allegiance non-pledger Jane Kim cast the deciding vote—Richard Johns was appointed to the historian’s seat on the Historic Preservation Commission. The problem?
misc California Ephemera Project: See How Much and How Little We’ve Changed If the San Francisco Eats exhibit at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library has whetted your appetite for more than food, do yourself an instructive favor and spend a few
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fly Trap, Circa 1911 Hoss Zaré, owner and chef at Zaré at Flytrap at 606 Folsom, posted this image of the same restaurant back in 1911, when it was at its former address, 515 Golden Gate Avenue.
SF News One-Hundred-Year-Old Time Capsule Delights Cleveland Elementary School Students A100-year-old time capsule was opened yesterday at Cleveland Elementary School, much to the delight of current and former students and faculty. The time capsule, which was in the form of a copper box,
SF News Why San Francisco Was Never Much of a Mafia Town, or Was It? You heard about that big mob bust late last week on the East Coast? Well, NBC went to local crime author and retired policeman Kevin J. Mullen to find out why we haven't
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PHOTOGRAPHY: After this month, cult-favorite Kodachrome slide film, which stopped being manufactured in 2009, will no longer be processed (which brings a fat tear to this photography-loving contributor's eye). RayKo Photo Center celebrates
misc Video: Final Sex Pistols Concert, Winterland, 1978 SF Weekly's All Shook Down hooked us up with some rare footage of the final Sex Pistols concert, in its entirety, which took place at Bill Graham's Winterland Ballroom in 1978. (The Winterland
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The Castro presents an Arthur Penn Double Feature screening of Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the psychotic bank robbers who terrorized the midwest in the Great Depression,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Bay Area artist John Belingheri will exhibit his calming and mesmerizing collection of oil and mixed media paintings on canvas, which "express an interrelationship of form, process, contradictions and turmoil". 5:30
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: 'Chinese White Bicycles,' An Evening With Joe Boyd and Robyn Hitchcock by Rebecca and Quinn Miller We grabbed two delicious veggie burgers from Sparky’s 24 Hour Diner, regaled by our statuesque server on how his psychic powers were coming unveiled by the full
Arts & Entertainment CANCELLED: Conversation with Veteran SF Photographer Fred Lyon on Wednesday Update: Sorry about that -- the show has been cancelled. Get a lesson in both photography and San Francisco history on Wednesday by attending a discussion hosted by SOMArts and CaliberSF with photographer
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: "High-NRG" electronic band Extreme Animals present a mash-up of live music, video, staged theatrics, and "global meltdowns" as they "delves into the world of tween culture and the current obsession with the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: H.P. Mendoza, the creator of Colma: The Musical, brings us another acclaimed musical, Fruit Fly, which has been described as "flashy, trashy, and brazenly fun," about a performance artist who moves
SF News Original 1958 BART Logo Looks Ugly Eric Fischer found this original BART logo, which was then posted to BART Diaries and has since made the rounds today. Pretty cool. Kinda ugly. Very Tomorrowland.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight PARTY: Tonight's Cinco De Mayo Cumbia Party is the place to be. The line-up includes La Colectiva, featuring Toqueson with members of Fuga, who combine a wide range of Latin genres, and Turbomex,
misc Happy Anniversary, Great Nitroglycerin Explosion of 1866! "Terrible Explosion and Loss of Life in San Francisco" roared the headline in the Placer Herald describing what happened 144 years ago today after stored nitroglycerin boxes at the Wells Fargo and Co.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight HISTORY: Check out the Authors' Forum at the Old Mint tonight and learn about Jewish immigrant, Isaias Hellman, "creator" of California; the Chinatown police department from the Gold Rush to present day; Juana
misc Builder of Oakland's Fox Theater Once Imprisoned For 'White Slavery' On this relatively slow local news day in which most everyone is out of the office, the Oakland Tribune is running this amusing scandal from the archives about Maury Diggs, the builder of
Arts & Entertainment <em>Children of the Fillmore, 1952,</em> Photography Exhibit Opening on Saturday Veteran San Francisco photographer Gerald Ratto will exhibit his rarely seen collection of photographs, Children of the Fillmore, 1952, which he captured with his Rolleiflex camera while a student at California School of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight HISTORY: As part of the SF Museum and Historical Society's 2009 "Neighborhoods of San Francisco" program, author and historian Woody LaBounty will reintroduce the community to Beachside Bohemia: Carville-by-the-Sea and the Birth of
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: San Francisco 1958 San Francisco 1958 from Jeff Altman on Vimeo. Jeff Altman of Chicago discovered this beautiful old film reel of his grandfather's, entitled "Alameda 1958." Altman's grandfather, who is pictured in front of the
